That is absolutely despicable. It’s great for Toronto, as I think they can now win the AL East with that team. But how many times is Bud going to let Florida blow up its team just because they feel like it.

The city of Miami invested a lot of money on that new stadium, only to watch an overpriced team underachieve this season, and likely repeat their last place finish next season and beyond. Stanton has every right to be pissed as he (along with Gabby Sanchez) are the only talent left behind.

And off topic – I just read an article from John Paul Morosi on Toronto’s interest in bringing Bobby Cox back to manage the team. He reportedly said no, but that was before they made this trade. I really hope he sticks with his original answer if they ask again…

Bud will let this continue, while publicly wringing his hands in anguish over the Marlins being forced to do this because of “costs”. Never mind that the stadium that was supposed to solve these cost “problems” was finally built. Moving the franchise is out of the question because the new stadium contractually binds them in Miami for the foreseeable future. Forcing out Loria is a logical step except that it was Bud who gave the art dealer a golden parachute out of Montreal and into Florida so that John Henry could buy the Red Sox. This franchise is a total, unadulterated joke, owned by a despicable liar.